#AE8A32#AE8A32

#AE8A32 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.113 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8A32
RGB	rgb(174, 138, 50)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, 4.39, 50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 50.45, 85.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% 0.0078 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.113 86)
XYZ	xyz(27.1213, 27.4077, 6.8787)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8A32 #3256AE

analogous

#AE4C32 #AE8A32 #94AE32

triadic

#AE8A32 #32AE8A #8A32AE

tetradic

#AE8A32 #32AE4C #3256AE #AE3294

square

#AE8A32 #32AE4C #3256AE #AE3294

split-complementary

#AE8A32 #3294AE #4C32AE

monochromatic

#4F3F17 #7E6424 #AE8A32 #CDA950 #DAC080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AE8A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#AE8A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8A32

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8A32	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 138, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.113 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab6f',
    500: '#ae8a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8a32;
$custom-light: #caab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.581,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65122,
    "c": 0.11266,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.27406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8A32

secondary

#788EC4

accent

#75DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8A32

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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